Leucosyrinx xenica is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Leucosyrinx xenica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Leucosyrinx
Species:
L. xenica
Binomial name
Leucosyrinx xenica
Woodring 1970

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.4 mm, its diameter 4.9 mm.

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata of the Upper Gatun Formation of Panama; age range: 11.608 to 7.246 Ma

References

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  • W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452